dr linda harris......is this a scam

Dear Aupair ,

How are you doing today? I do hope all is well with you . Anyway If so lets give thanks to the almighty God . I was actually going through various profiles on the Aupair program and among the lots of aupairs profiles I came across , I found yours exemplary exceptional and fascinating and I must tell you that I very much appreciate and like your personality , that is if the profile of you that I saw over there is truly a reflection of what your real life characters are . At this point without saying much I would like to let you know that , For a while now I have being in search of an Aupair and I would very much appreciate it , If you can come over and join my family . To start with my full name is Dr. Linda Harris (Mrs) I am living in an average and quiet home , out here in Texas in which is located in the United State of America , l have two lovely and adorable kids living with me which i would like you to help me take care of , their! names are James is 7 and Katie is 3 . They are very lively and happy kids , they are very friendly when they meet new people and relate with them in a very respective manner ! l would like you to come and join my family,Due to the simple fact that i hope to find all the much expected and desired characters in you when you become my Aupair and i do hope you bring all the happiness of the world into our home when you become my Aupair ... reply back to this message to state your position whether you would be able to come and join my family or not . So we can start discussing your weekly wages, Job related issue , the duration of time you would love to work for me . so that I can give you a full description of my contact home address , what I do for a living and a simple description of the way things work in my home .


BEST REGARDS
Dr. Linda Harris (Mrs)

It's another scam.

You can see the same script has been used before, under the name Malinda Tittle:

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6993

This is the email address used by this scammer:

From: Linda Harris <[email protected]>
Subject: Aupair Needed !!!

Here is another email from this scammer.

From: Linda Harris <[email protected]>

Hello Dear Aupair,

I am glad at your response, at least that show's a
little bit of interest from you.First of all i want to tell you that i
am please in writing you this message..We are a family from USA, My
name is Linda Harris.I am having just 2 kids which there names
are...James he's 7 and Katie is 3 years old in a few months.Our
contact address is (,125 Rock Ave) Am a medical doctor by profession
I work for W.H.O (World Health Organisation) I do travel a lot.. we
need someone honest, caring and trustworthy in our Household,Cos i am
the only one left at home with kids..You will not be working too much
in the house at all..Your duties is to take the kid to school,House
caretaker,Domestic Helper,(IF YOU HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE)you can use
my car to do that,Bringing them back from school and play with them,
go to museums, playground, watching movies, prepare/serving their
snacks and foods,entertain them in the evening when you come back..You
will have your Private Room which will have Bathroom, Toilet, ,
Air-Conditional. You will have access to the Internet and a Telephone
at home to get in touch with your friends and loved ones. You will be
having Fridays,Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable
you have enough time for yourself.

My offer for you will be $500 for your weekly pocket money,and i will
be paying you $2500 monthly..Which i think is okay for you. There is
another Au pair around the town that you can pass time with so that
you will not be able to feel lonely,Sometimes when the kids go to
school.Please I want an Au pair that is friendly and honest that have
God fearing for my kids cos I really love them and I can't afford to
let them get hurt.I will like you to email me too all about you and
I'll also like to have your cell phone number plus area in your reply.
I can assure you that when you come you will be treated like one
family and you will be very happy to work with my family. If you think
you have interest in my family,That my family is a kind of family you
are looking for i think this is the next step to take....Regarding the
traveling.You don't need to look further cos i want to introduce you
to one of my Designated Travel agency that made it possible for my
last Au pair Roseline from Mexico...The agency is good and legal i am
sure they will help you out.
All you have to do is to send them an email and make enquiries
for what you need to be able to come hear in the USA,don't forget to
tell them you are from me and i will email them too all about what
they can do to help you out. After having said all of these i would
like to let you know that I would not be responsible for all your
traveling expenses from the point of your departure to my place where
you would be resuming your duty post , in any means . I am very sorry
that this is my stand on this sponsorship issue of your simply because
I have experienced different dishonesty from various Aupair which I
have tried to employ and help by sponsoring them in getting over to
the U.S to my place all this while . About 2 aupairs did absconded
at the airport as i was going to the airport to have them picked up to
resume at my house , more so I did sent money to about 3 other which
did kept quiet and never responded after I did sent them the money to
help them process their document, the last one requested that I send
her my documents , so that her agent can help me process the documents
that she would need to get over here , at the end of the day she never
turned up and my lawyer warned me never to send such document outside
the U.S again that it was very risky . This was also the reason why I
order my profile deleted from the site because it contains some
information about me

I am letting you know all this simply because I am trying to let
yo know that , I would prefer an Auapir who would be capable for some
of her expenses and be able to sponsor her trip over here to the U.S
by herself . I am very sorry if i have sounded terrible and make you
feel disappointing but these are just grief from what I have suffered
and experienced in the past from dishonesty of different Auapir. So if
we have to go by my family agency I will see what I can do do give you
a hand but am not assuring you. I will stop here now until I read back
from you. Have a nice day

BEST REGARDS
Dr. Linda Harris (Mrs)

The travel agency mentioned in this email is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: Linda Harris <[email protected]>

Hello,

How are you doing today? I do got your response and appreciate your open-mind and understanding as well. This agency am referring you to is my family agency and they were the several people/same people that does document for my former aupair from Mexico and everything went smoothly. Here's their email address.... [email protected] ..OR ... [email protected] .... you have to tell them you are from me so that you could get a quick response. Get back to me to let me know the situation of things between you and them. I will check back for your email later today. Take good care of yourself

BEST REGARDS
Dr. Linda Harris (Mrs)

This is an email from the fake travel agency.

From: [email protected]

Hello Client,

We are glad for your contact and for making use of our service


CLIENT'S APPLICATION
______________________________


Thank you for choosing our service, you are always welcome and we will be happy to provide you with adequate information. Before we proceed further the attached document is our working license and please do note that it is just a prove of service for you and not to be printed by you nor third parties.

For your inquiries, if you want to live and work in the United State below are the information you will have to provide us:

(1) YOUR FULLNAME (as it appears on your international passport)

(2) YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS IN FULL DETAILS ( it will be verified and your document will be send to this information)

(3) A CLEAR COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR PASSPORT NUMBER (scan & attach to email or provide us the digits/number of your international passport)

(4) A CLEAR COPY OF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE ( in case you don't know what this is; a document indicating your place of birth, date, and prove)

(5) 1 CLEAR-FACE PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH ( also need to be scan and attach)


You need to have your employer send us an email regarding the prove of your employment, to provide us genuine information and documentation that will be required.

YOU NEED A (J-1) VISA = $300
WORK PERMIT = $350
SHIPPING COST = $55

MAKING = $705 in TOTAL


INFORMATION ON HOW TO MAKE PAYMENT
______________________________________________

You will have to send your payment through a wired transfer i.e Money Gram or Western Union to our head office information:

WESTERN UNION

RECEIVER'S NAME: Jxxxxx Sxxxxx
ADDRESS: xxxx N Wood Ave
CITY: Florence
STATE: Alabama
ZIPCODE 35634


Send us the information of the wired transfer you make use of. It takes 3 to 4 working days to get your document ready but that is after you have provided us with adequate information.

If you have any further question we will be glad to help you. THANK YOU


BEST REGARDS
texastravelandtoursagency !!!

This scammer is now using a different email address for the fake travel agency:

[email protected]

From: Linda Harris <[email protected]>

Hello,

How are you doing today? I do got your response and appreciate your open-mind and understanding as well. This agency am referring you to is my family agency and they were the several people/same people that does document for my former aupair from Mexico and everything went smoothly. Here's their email address.... [email protected] .... you have to tell them you are from me so that you could get a quick response. Get back to me to let me know the situation of things between you and them. I will check back for your email later today. Take good care of yourself

BEST REGARDS
Dr. Linda Harris (Mrs)